Singer: John Zorn
Title: Cobra (Studio & Live)
Label: hat ART ‎– hat ART CD 2-6040
Series: hat NOW –
Type: 2 x CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered
Country: Switzerland
Date of released: 1991
Category: Electronic, Jazz
Style: Free Improvisation, Experimental
Size MP3 zip: 1627 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1449 mb
Rating: 4.7✭
Format: MP3 APE WAV AUD WMA DXD WMA MP4 FLAC

Tracklist

Cobra: Studio Version	59:25
1-1	Opening	0:59
1-2	Allegro	4:32
1-3	Largo	6:13
1-4	Moderato	7:42
1-5	Fantasia	3:44
1.6	Presto	1:39
1-7	Adagio Maestoso	2:40
1-8	Violento	4:16
1.9	Allegro Scorrevole	2:35
1-10	Capricciocongusto	4:40
1-11	False Start / Giocoso	0:52
1-12	Scherzo	5:47
1-13	Maestoso Meccanico	1:22
1-14	Variations / Furioso	8:40
1-15	Epilogue	3:44
Cobra: Live Version	53:25
2-1	Prologue / Maestoso	6:05
2-2	Capriccio	13:23
2-3	Prestissimo	14:04
2-4	Lento / Mysterioso	9:29
2-5	Allegro	10:24

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Hat Hut Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Hat Hut Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Hat Hut Records Ltd.
• Recorded At – Radio City Music Hall Studio
• Recorded At – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Pressed By – Tecval

Credits

• Accordion – Guy Klucevsek
• Artwork – Kiriko Kubo
• Celesta – David Weinstein (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)
• Design – Walter Bosshardt
• Electric Guitar – Bill Frisell
• Electric Guitar, Voice – Arto Lindsay (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)
• Electric Organ [Hammond Organ], Celesta – Wayne Horvitz (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)
• Electronic Drums – Bobby Previte (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5)
• Guitar [Doubleneck], Bass [Doubleneck], Voice – Elliott Sharp
• Guitar [Soprano] – Elliott Sharp (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)
• Harp – Carol Emanuel (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15), Zeena Parkins (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)
• Harpsichord, Celesta – Anthony Coleman (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)
• Organ [Pipe] – Anthony Coleman (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5)
• Other [Prompter], Composed By – John Zorn
• Percussion – Bobby Previte (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)
• Photography By – Manfred Rinderspacher
• Piano, Electric Organ [Yamaha Organ] – Anthony Coleman
• Piano, Synthesizer [DX7] – Wayne Horvitz
• Producer – John Zorn, Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
• Recorded By – Aaron Heller (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5), David L. L. Laskin* (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5), Don Hunerberg* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15), Karl Francis (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5)
• Sampler [Mirage Sampling] – David Weinstein
• Synthesizer [Trombone Synthesizer], Electronics – J.A. Deane (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5)
• Tape – Bob James
• Trombone – Jim Staley (tracks: 1-1 to 1-15)
• Turntables – Christian Marclay

Notes

Comes with a booklet which contains classes of cues, each with an associated body part and color, for changing the ensemble, solo and duo improvisational games, "cartoon trades" for fast intercuts between players, varying one dimension (music, ensemble, or volume), live sampling, and endings. There are a total of 19 basic cues. In addition, there are "guerilla systems" with "tactics" that may disrupt the ongoing proceedings.
Also comes with a small postcard designed by Kiriko Kubo.
Tracks 1-1, 1-9, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 2-3 are additional tracks not on original LP release.
Studio version recorded May 9, 1986 at Radio City Studios, New York City.
Live version recorded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute October 21, 1985, Troy, New York.
Limited Edition, each copy shows a 4-digit number on the cover backside.

Ⓟ+Ⓒ 1991 Hat Hut Records Ltd.
Made in Switzerland

Category's on release:

Disc 1 (Studio Version)
Spine: hat ART CD 60401
Disc imprint: hat ART CD 2-60401
Booklet: CD 60401
Tray insert: CD 60401 (as well as CD 60402 for disc 2)

Disc 2 (Live Version)
Spine: hat ART CD 60402
Disc imprint: hat ART CD 2-60402
Booklet: CD 60402
Tray insert: CD 60402 (as well as CD 60401 for disc 1)

Slipcase: CD 60401 / CD 60402

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 7 619925 604021
• Barcode (Scanned, EAN_13): 7619925604021
• Matrix / Runout (CD 1 - Studio Version): TECVAL 01 HATART 0558 6040 1
• Matrix / Runout (CD 2 - Live Version): TECVAL 01 HATART 0559 6040 2
• Label Code: LC 6048
• Rights Society: SUISA
• Other (Category CD 1 - Studio Version): CD 60401
• Other (Category CD 2 - Live Version): CD 60402
• SPARS Code: DDD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ART 2034	John Zorn	Cobra ‎(2xLP, Album + Box)	Hat Hut Records	ART 2034	Switzerland	1987
hat ART CD 2-6040	John Zorn	Cobra (Studio & Live) ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd, Num, Edi)	hat ART	hat ART CD 2-6040	Switzerland	1991
CRCJ-2003-4	John Zorn	Cobra ‎(2xCD, Album)	Hat Hut Records	CRCJ-2003-4	Japan	1991
hat ART CD 2-6040	John Zorn	Cobra (Studio & Live) ‎(2xCD, Album)	hat ART	hat ART CD 2-6040	Switzerland	1991
hatOLOGY 2-580	John Zorn	Cobra ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd, RM, 2nd)	hatOLOGY	hatOLOGY 2-580	Switzerland	2002

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